Almost five years after it was devastated by a record-breaking flood, Lismore is a city divided. While the city is renewed, dozens of families remain in insecure housing ...

On February 28, 2022, Lismore experienced catastrophic floods — the highest flood level on record, peaking at 14.4 metres — inundating people's homes and leaving some stranded on their roofs. In late ...

A group of business leaders in northern NSW has backed engineering work to reduce flooding following a landmark study. The CSIRO report found strategically placed water retention basins could ...

Almost five years after it was devastated by a record-breaking flood, Lismore is a city divided. While the city is renewed, ...

Last week, in the midst of a damaging cyclone and renewed flooding, New South Wales Labor Party Premier Chris Minns went on Sydney 2GB radio to announce the demolition of previously water-wrecked ...

“Right – flood’s on. Get ready.” That’s what Jody Cheetham has told her staff the last two times she’s watched the river rising, following after heavy rain in Lismore in northern New South Wales. In ...

Four of the 12 grants target climate resilience, as APRA projects the share of uninsured homes could rise sharply by 2050 ...

The CSIRO has released the findings of its Richmond River catchment flood mitigation modelling project. The model tests the impact on flooding if up to 10 detention basins were built, a major wetland ...

While the chaos of the post-flood displacement has eased, the region’s recovery has been slow and residents moving out of the pods find themselves wading into a deep and complex housing crisis.

A $11.4m CSIRO flood modelling project suggested even 10 proposed upper-catchment dams and major structural works could fail to prevent a 12.8m flood equivalent to the devastating February 2022 ...